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Yndo Hotel
Bordeaux, France · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Agnès Guiot du Doignon walked into 108 rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée in September 2011 hunting a quiet three-star, and the 19th-century mansion refused to let her go. She opened Yndo on 26 September 2014, a name she took as a nod to Japan and to calm, with twelve rooms that do not resemble one another, two of them made from the old stables. A wing bought in the courtyard later added eight more, and the house now holds twenty.
- 20 rooms
- Opened 2014
- Neighborhood: Triangle d'Or
- Rooms from 215 sq ft (20 m²)
- Interiors: Agnès Guiot du Doignon
About Yndo Hotel
- She had sold the Caritz in Biarritz, where she was partner with Pascal Ondarts for fifteen years, and colleagues told her a hotel under twenty-five rooms could not pay.
- A headless basketball player by Yannick Fournié watches the oak reception desk. Joël Cazaux's ceramics frame the lift, and the new wing carries bronze by William Guillon.
- Yndo is a Small Luxury Hotels house, twenty rooms on three floors. Dinner at La Table d'Agnès is for guests only, served at one long table.
- Entry-level rooms start at 215 sq ft (20 m²).
History
In September 2011 Agnès Guiot du Doignon, who had sold her share of the Caritz in Biarritz, walked into the 19th-century mansion at 108 rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée looking for a small three-star. She bought it, spent about eighteen months of works inside a three-year project, and opened Yndo on 26 September 2014 with ten rooms and two suites. Two ground-floor rooms and a suite sit in the former stables. She said the name is a nod toward Japan and toward calm. About ten years later she bought the neighboring building in the courtyard and added eight rooms and a meeting room. The house now has twenty rooms, which she designed herself. Small Luxury Hotels includes the hotel. Dinner is La Table d'Agnès, for guests.
The setting
108 rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée, 33000 Bordeaux, a quiet street at the edge of the Triangle d'Or, near Place Gambetta. Villas Foch is the other house, on the cours du Maréchal Foch.
Experiences
- Yndō Cabane in Cap Ferret — A completely redesigned old fishing hut on the port of Piraillan, close to the beach; an intimate haven opened by Agnès Guiot as her 'thirteenth room'.
- The Bordeaux Wine Route in Saint-Emilion and Bordeaux vineyards nearby — Wine route in Saint-Emilion and nearby Bordeaux vineyards, referenced on the hotel's contact page as a nearby experience.
Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Wi-Fi
- iPad
- Flat-screen TV
- Minibar
- Walk-in shower
- Lavazza coffee machine (selected rooms)
- Safe (Yndō Suite)
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